World-rated super middleweight Osleys Iglesias will double his title credentials.
The fast-rising super middleweight contender will return to the ring as a headliner. His next match against Petro Ivanov was headlined on a Nov. 7 ESPN+ show hosted by Eye of The Tiger from Montreal Casino in Montreal, Canada.
Iglesias (12-0, 11 KOs), ranked No. 3 by The Ring at 168, is coming off a sensational second-round knockout of Sena Agbeko. The August 17 performance came on the heels of a statement first-round knockout of Evgeny Shvendenko just ten weeks earlier.
Both fights took place in Montreal, as did a first-round knockout of former title challenger Marcelo Coceres in March. Iglesias’ showdown with Ivanov (18-0-2, 13 KOs) will be his fourth of a breakout campaign in 2024.
Iglesias was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. The 26-year-old southpaw is now based out of Berlin.
Ivanov (18-0-2, 13 KOs) turned professional in 2014 in his native Ukraine. His two career upsets came against former amateur standout Ramil Gadzhyiev and undefeated Igor Kudrytskyi.
He upset French fighter Louis Toutin by ninth-round knockout on the road in his opponent’s backyard in France. He has since moved to Germany and has won nine in a row.
In the co-feature, popular two-time middleweight title challenger Steven Butler (34-5-1, 28 KOs) looks to bounce back from his ninth-round stoppage loss to Patrice Volny in June. He will meet an as-yet-unknown opponent in an eight-round bout at a catchweight of 164 pounds.
Leïla Beaudoin (12-1, 1 KO) will also meet experienced former unified featherweight titleholder Edith Soledad Matthysse (19-16-1, 2 KOs) on the show. Their match is scheduled for ten rounds.
Dzmitry Asanau (8-0, 3 KOs) meets former world title challenger Matias Rueda (38-2, 32 KOs) in a ten-round lightweight bout.
Exciting prospect Wilkens Mathieu (11-0, 7 KOs) will fight for the seventh time this year when he meets Marcos Karalitzky (8-9-2, 2 KOs).
Talented lightweight John Orobio (11-0, 10 KOs) and hard-hitting 130-pounder Thomas Chabot (11-0, 8 KOs) will fight in separate eight-round contests.
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